CASABLANCA, Morocco - A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake rattled Morocco late Friday, according to the US Geological Survey, causing people to flee their homes in a panic. The quake hit 44 miles (71 kilometres) southwest of Marrakesh at a depth of 18.5 kilometers at 11:11 pm (2211 GMT). It sent...
TBILISI, Georgia - Two people died in western Georgia where heavy rains triggered floods and landslides, officials said on Friday, as rescuers continued to evacuate dozens of trapped villagers. "Rescuers found the bodies of two dead, one of them a minor," the Caucasus nation's interior ministry...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - A disgraced Turkish crypto founder who fled to Albania and his two brothers have been sentenced to 11,196 years in jail each, the Anadolu state news agency reported Friday. Prosecutors had asked for Thodex boss Faruk Fatih Ozer, 29, to be sentenced to 40,562 years in prison for...
ROME - Italy's far-right government is clamping down on juvenile crime after a recent spate of gang rapes blamed on teenagers, but critics warned Friday that harsher penalties alone would not stamp out delinquency. The decree law published by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's cabinet late Thursday...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - A US explorer trapped deep in a Turkish cave with internal bleeding said in a video released to AFP on Friday that he needed "a lot of help" getting out. Mark Dickey, 40, reported falling sick last Saturday while exploring the Morca Cave in southern Turkey's Taurus Mountains with...
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a press conference during a stopover visit to Singapore on September 8, 2023. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP) SINGAPORE, Singapore -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he would be willing to testify in an enquiry into allegations...
Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (R) and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) shake hands before a bilateral meeting at the Malacanang Palace in Manila on September 8, 2023. (Photo by Earvin Perias / POOL / AFP) MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines and Australia shored up...
Supporters of the legalization of abortion take part in a demonstration in the framework of the International Safe Abortion Day, in Guadalajara, Mexico on September 28, 2020. (Photo by ULISES RUIZ / AFP) MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- Mexico's Supreme Court on Wednesday decriminalized abortion across the...
This handout photograph released by the CEA on September 7, 2023, shows a 3D representation of the galaxy "Bubble", coloured in brown. The image shows the position of the Milky Way, with a small white dot located outside the bubble on the right, in a white cloud. The blue wisps represent the...
Peter Navarro, an advisor to former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks to reporters as he arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse on September 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) WASHINGTON, United States -- Peter...
This handout picture taken and released by the Russian Foreign Ministry on September 7, 2023, shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen in Dhaka. (Photo by Handout / RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP) DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Russian Foreign...
A general view of a flooded street after heavy rainstorms triggered a 'Black Rainstorm Warning' from the city’s weather observatory, in Hong Kong on September 7, 2023. (Photo by Matt Surrusco / AFP) HONG KONG, China -- Hong Kong was flooded by the heaviest rainfall in nearly 140 years on Friday,...
